Uganda's digital passport, which will be launched in January 2019, will cost Ush250,000 ($67), a 67 per cent increase from the current cost of Ush150,000 ($40), making the document one of the most expensive in the region. The issuance of e-passports in Uganda commenced on January 15th 2019 after the Uganda Cabinet approved the switch to e-passports … Payments: The costs of the different passports are as follows:Similarly, Kenya is already issuing the latest passports in an exercise that started last year while Tanzania plans to do so in 2020. The country of Uganda officially known as the Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country located in Eastern Africa with no seashore for trading. Certainly, this was in order to replace the current ones with the most advanced passports in Uganda for 2020. As we mentioned earlier, the cost of … Uganda Introduces New East African E-Passport Tuesday, December 11, 2018 The Republic of Uganda is set to introduce an International East African e-Passport to replace and eventually phase out the current East African and International Machine-Readable . Head Office. Traveling around East Africa has always required one to present a valid travel document that included the National ID for those crossing borders or one's national passport but now, traveling around the region seems to be a plough along gentle slopes. They cost differently and they come in different colors. I also don’t know whether the EAC Presidents’ directive was ever brought to the attention of Parliament.On plans to introduce the new East African electronic passport to replace the current passports, the Ministry of Internal Affairs says the ordinary passport with 48 and 64 pages will cost Shs250,000 and Shs300,000 respectively; the official passport or Service passport, will cost Shs400,000 while the Diplomatic passport will cost Shs500,000, while Shs150,000 will be charged as the express fee.The Protocol has not yet been read here in Parliament so where is the legal authority of changing the Ugandan passport to an East African passport?Rebecca Kadaga Speaker of Parliament saysMy concerns however are with the entire process from its legality, the ease of administration and costs. You can pay the money for the passport at any URA revenue collection bank such as Bank of Africa, Diamond Trust Bank, Stanbic, Barclays, Orient etc. Birth Certificate (See … The issuance of e-passports in Uganda commenced on January 15th 2019 after the Uganda Cabinet approved the switch to e-passports during a sitting at State House, Entebbe.
If you are seeking to renew your old passport for this new one, carry the old one and copies of its last pages. PHOTO | NMG. The e-passport has an embedded electronic microprocessor with the biometric data of the e-passport holder. Must be a Ugandan citizen [A copy of their national ID is needed]5. 1. Holders of traditional passport books are still be able to use them for travel and other official purposes until January 15th 2021.